Filter by
Seeing the unseen :Mount Wilson's role in high angular resolution astronomy /
"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The birth of stellar interferometry -- 1.1. It all started with the last man who knew everything -- 1.2. The master of light -- 1.3. Along the way to the event horizon2. The Mount Wilson opportunity -- 2.1. Go west, young man -- 2.2. Michelson and Hale -- 2.3. Anderson and Merrill3. The pi?ece de r?esistance -- 3.1. Th…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750322089
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Airborne radioactive discharges and human health effects :an introduction /
"Version: 20190301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Radiation physics and the structure of matter -- 1.1. The structure of the atom -- 1.2. Mass, atomic numbers and isotopes -- 1.3. Ionising radiation -- 1.4. Mechanism of radioactive decay -- 1.5. Decay chains and equilibrium -- 1.6. The nuclide chart -- 1.7. Types of radioactive decay -- 1.8. Penetrating powers of ioni…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750313568
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (chiefly color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Nuclear waste management /
"Version: 20180601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 18).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- Waste immobilisation -- 3. Current directions -- Geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste -- Spent nuclear fuel -- Plutonium : waste or resource? -- 4. Outlook.Nuclear waste--the radioactive by-product from nuclear power generation, nuclear weapons and medical isotope p…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750316385
- Collation
- 1 online resource (x, 18 pages) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Nuclear waste :management, disposal and governance /
"Version: 20220401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Scientific and technical background. 1. Radioactivity / Clemens Walther -- 2. Nuclear fuel from cradle to grave : existing variants and future options for the fuel cycle and resulting waste types / Wolfgang Kr?oger and Andrej Stankovski -- 3. Other waste origins (industry, medicine, research) : sources and resulti…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750330954
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Practical radiobiology for proton therapy planning /
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Particle physics for biological interactions -- 1.1. Physical beam parameters, essential dosimetry and reference (or control) radiation requirements for RBE studies -- 1.2. Physics interacting with biology2. The essential radiobiology background -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Background and models -- 2.3. The [alpha]/[be…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750313384
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Measurements and performance characteristics of diagnostic x-ray tubes and ge…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface to the first edition (1980) -- Preface to second edition (1995) -- Preface to the third edition (2022) -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Scope -- 1.2. Evidence based QA paper discussion -- 1.3. Framework for testing2. X-ray tubes and generators -- 2.1. Generator -- 2.2. X-ray tubes3. Requirements for measuring equipment …
- Edition
- Third edition.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750332194
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Lung cancer and imaging /
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Early diagnosis system for lung nodules based on the integration of a higher-order MGRF appearance feature model and 3D-CNN -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Methods -- 1.3. Experimental results -- 1.4. Conclusion2. Capsule networks for lung cancer screening -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Capsule network -- 2.3. Fast capsule …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750325400
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine :therapeutic applications /
Revised edition of: Therapeutic applications of Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine."Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Monte Carlo techniques in nuclear medicine dosimetry / Habib Zaidi and Pedro Andreo -- 2. Advances in imaging for radiation therapy / Stephan Walrand and Michel Hesse -- 3. Basic concepts of internal radiation dosimetry / Pat Z…
- Edition
- Second edition.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750326940
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Design and shielding of radiotherapy treatment facilities /
"Version: 20170701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The design and procurement process -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Strategic proposal and business case for a new development -- 1.3. Design team -- 1.4. Process, tenders and contracts -- 1.5. Construction -- 1.6. Acceptance and handover -- 1.7. Commissioning -- 1.8. Project evaluation2. The design of radiother…
- Edition
- 2nd edition.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750314404
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Intensity modulated radiation therapy :a clinical overview /
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Beam modulation -- 2.1. Forward planning -- 2.2. Paradigm shift -- 2.3. Simulated annealing3. Definitions and terminology -- 3.1. Pixel -- 3.2. Voxel -- 3.3. Bixel (beamlet) -- 3.4. Intensity level -- 3.5. Segment -- 3.6. Concept of dose painting4. IMRT devices -- 4.1. Intensity modulation filter/com…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750313353
- Collation
- 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- -
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography